Def Comedy Jam easily was one of the most iconic stand-up comedy platforms in history. The series which was pushed by Russell Simmons from 1992 to early 2006 is gearing up for it’s 25th Anniversary. It was revealed back in July of 2015 that the special will feature about of a deal Simmons acquired with HBO. SO during an interview with Big Boy’s Neighborhood; Tony Rock who works closely with many of Simmon’s projects went on to share that he is expected to hist the series and they will bring back some of the show’s previous favorites.

We’re also going to do the 25th Anniversary Def Comedy Jam and I’m going to host that… Russell is putting that all together…. we should be shooting that in the next couple of months. I believe we are going to shoot it out here (Los Angeles), and we’re trying to get some of the older guys that blew up from Def Comedy Jam…

Rock went on to update his other projects, social media in comedy, Chris Rock, and dating women in Los Angeles.